Closure for jars, bottles, and like receptacles.



No. 888,696. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

M. D. CONVERSE.

CLOSURE FOR JARS, BOTTLES, AND LIKE REOBPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 14, 1907. RENEWED NOV. 8. 1907.

In l'ucaacq 1 UNITED Pa E roFrIcE.

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JCLQSURE Foa ARs, 'BOTTLES, ANDLIKE nammms.

- Specificationot Letters Patent. 1 1 Patented May 26, 1908;

1 Application filed January 14, 1907, Serial No. 352,204. Renewed November 8, 1907-. seems, 401,327.

To all whom it may concern: j 7

Be it known that 1, Missouri. D. CON- va'usii'a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinv'ented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Jars, Bottles, and Like Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to metallic closures for bottles, jars and -other like receptacles, and particularly to that type composed .of a cap adapted to inclose a disk of cork or other sealing medium, and a second art attached thereto, adapted tohave its ower edge turned under the annular shoulder of the neck of the receptacle to be sealed, while held by downward pressure in place upon the brim thereof.

The objects of my invention are to provide an efficient and inexpensive closure of this type that may readily be removed from the receptacle, in unsealing the same, without the employment of any key or other implement, and by the form of construction of one part (the cap) thereof, to incidentally provide against the seiaration therefrom or falling out of the dis of cork or other sealing medium, thus insuring greater efficiency of the ca portion for use as a temporary cover or fid for the receptacle after its unsealing.

To this end my present invention is comprised of' a ca 1 or shell, adapted to inclose a disk of suital le sealing material, provided with equal spaced circumferentially alined slits through the dependent flange, each having the upper marginal edge of the metal indented or turned slightly inward, in a horizontal )lane just below the lane occupied by the sea in'g disk; and of a 'urther part, viz an annular dependent ductile member secured circumferentially within said cap, and adapted to have its lower edge turned under the shoulder of the neck of a receptacle in sealing of the latter, said member being formed from a straight strip of metal, andhaving the features which will hereinafter be fully shown.

in the drawings: Figure l, partly sectional, is a side elevation of my improved closure com letc and in place upon a jar. Fig. 2, part y sectional, is a side elevation of the same, illustrating the construction and manner of assembling before application to a receptacle. Fig.3 is a straight strip of ducingmember, B, to ether.

e holding member of the closure. Fig. 4'

is an interior view of the ca art only, with the sealing medium and olding member removed. Fig. 5illustrates my invention complete before insertion of the sealing disk, and before ap lication to areceptacle, all of which will be hereinafter described in detail.

Like letters indicated corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

A, is the ca portion, thecontinuouscircurnferential dbpendentflange of which is provided with a lurality of horizontally alined equal spaced slits, a. a, a, the upper edges of which are bent slightly inward. Within this cap a disk of cork, D, or other suitable sealing medium, is laced.

B, is the dependent ducti e metal holding member, made of a straight piece of sheet metal, and having one margin thereof cut at equally spaced intervals (corresponding by measure to the widths of the slits (a) in the cap and the spaces separating thesame), so

that when the two ends thereof are bent around to abut each other, and the flat ring so formed is inserted within the cap, every alternate section, b, b, b, thereof, commencing with the half sections b, b, at the respective ends, maybe pushed upward and slipped by slight outward curvature through the corresponding lateral slits, a, a, a, in the flange of the cap, (see Fig. 2) until the upper edge of each of the intervening sections is seated against the interior of the top of the cap, as shown at e, when the protruding ends, by being bent downward, as at b, b, in Fig. 5, will securely fasten the cap, A, and this hold- The sealing medium, D (seen inFig. 1), may now be forced into the position required above the horizontal lane of in-turned edges of the slits, a, a, a, \v iich will effectually prevent its falling out.

My invention constructed and assembled as shown and described, may now be applied to receptacles in the way and by the means hereinbefore mentioned, and will then appear as represented in Fig. 1.

To unseal a receptacle sealed with my present invention, the turned down ends, b, b, I), (see Fig. 5) are, by the thumb or finger nail (or otherwise, if preferred) turned upward to the positions shown in Fig.2 (which, by reason of the ductility of the metal, is easily accompllished), thus unlocking the cap, A, whic may now be readily removed. The part, B, can now be discarded, and the cap,

A, with the sealing medium still held in place by the in-turned edges of the slits, a, a, a, used as a lid 01' cover for the'rece tacle.

Those skilled in the art will rea il' see that my present improved closure may e manufactured at small cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a metallic closure of the class described, in combination, a cap, adapted to inclose a 5 sealing medium, having its circumferential dependent flange piercedin substantial horizontal,- alinement by equal spaced (slits with in-turned upper margins, an annular, ductile holdin strip, bent to form a flat ring, adapted to ave its lower edge turned under the shoulder of a receptacle, and alternate cor respondingly spaced marginal securing sections (6) inte ral of said strip entered through said lateral circumferential slits from within, and bent downward exteriorly of, the cap.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

LIASCHIL D. CONVERSE. Witnesses:

J. FRED. CRYER RUBY HUSTED. 

